According to the example in the xmlrules package-summary, adding a programmatic rule to a XML digester rules file should work like this:
--- cut -- <digester-rules> <pattern value="root/foo"> <include class="BarRuleCreator"/> </pattern> </digester-rules> --- cut --- --- cut --- public class BarRuleCreator implements DigesterRulesSource { public void getRules(Digester digester) { digester.addObjectCreate("bar", "Bar"); } } --- cut --- In fact, it does not. One needs digester.addObjectCreate("/bar", "Bar"); because of this bug: --- cut --- Index: src/java/org/apache/commons/digester/xmlrules/DigesterRuleParser.java =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-commons/digester/src/java/org/apache/commons/digester/xmlrules/DigesterRuleParser.java,v retrieving revision 1.20 diff -u -b -r1.20 DigesterRuleParser.java --- src/java/org/apache/commons/digester/xmlrules/DigesterRuleParser.java 23 Oct 2003 20:06:09 -0000 1.20 +++ src/java/org/apache/commons/digester/xmlrules/DigesterRuleParser.java 26 Oct 2003 17:18:55 -0000 @@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ * pass through to this object. */ public RulesPrefixAdapter(String patternPrefix, Rules rules) { - prefix = patternPrefix; + prefix = patternPrefix + "/"; delegate = rules; } --- cut --- Please apply. Finding this cost me most of my sunday. :-) Regards Henning -- Dipl.-Inf. (Univ.) Henning P. Schmiedehausen INTERMETA GmbH [EMAIL PROTECTED] +49 9131 50 654 0 http://www.intermeta.de/ Java, perl, Solaris, Linux, xSP Consulting, Web Services freelance consultant -- Jakarta Turbine Development -- hero for hire "Dominate!! Dominate!! Eat your young and aggregate! I have grotty silicon!" -- AOL CD when played backwards (User Friendly - 200-10-15) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]